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Greenfield, OH

Chainbreaker DGC

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2.55(based on 3 reviews)
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sisyphus
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Experience: 12.8 years 400 played 385 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Good introductory course 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 4, 2020 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

This nice, friendly course on the Freedom Trail property in Greenfield features good, efficient PVC signage in red and blue, DD baskets and decent use of the terrain and foliage they had on the property. Nine baskets with two tees each provide variety in terms of tightness of line and distance. Tees are either painted on available hard surfaces or marked with toe boards. There are some challenging tees (gaps to hit on hole 8 come to mind), approaches (the trees guarding 6 & 7), and greens (1, nestled up against the pine, and 3 tucked under the low-hanging branches of a beautiful park tree).
The flow is mostly easy to follow, even for a first timer, but there is a good map available her on dgcr, as well. The loop(s) can be enjoyed fairly quickly, and overall, the course is a great 'intro' to the sport for the folks in Greenfield who haven't yet heard about Paint Creek :)

Cons:

The design definitely favors left to right lines and might use a bit too much of forced low ceilings for beginners (particularly on holes 3, 4 & 9). The weeping willow on hole 1 blue will have some folks risking a R to L line out on the street. Some of the tee areas felt cramped between the sign post and the bushes. Hole 5 blue felt a little dangerous for its combination of distance and the two buildings on either side (a misfire would be bad). And the land is flat, so there was no real opportunity to toy with elevations here. Oh, and on hole 6, the basket is kind of blind off the tee: don't throw across the side-by-side fairways to the visible basket #8 (like I did!)

Other Thoughts:

It wasn't really clear how they chose the red vs blue tees: they're not 'long' and 'short', nor are they technical vs 'easy'. They seem to have been chosen so the net distances between the two available loops are similar? Overall, this course seems to be geared to scoring as a 'par 3' course for the recreational to intermediate skill levels.
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